Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09

THE death of Hon. William A.
Wheeler last week leaves but one liv-
ing ex-vice president, Hor. Hannibal
Hamlin, of Maine.
THE time will soon be here when
action should be taken in regard to our
normal school. Is it not about time
we were having report from the
committee?
THE prospect for corn is excellent
all over the state, and if no untoward
factor intervenes, the crop of that
cereal for Kansas will reach the enor-
nous figure of SOC, OOO, 900 Bushels.
In THE absence of liquor joints,
under the new regime, the soda fount-
aims are kept busy and the people are
healthful, happy and prospectus. A
drunken man is as scarce as the bios
SONS of the century plant.
ONE of the best indications of the
agricultural probabilities of this sea-
son, and the prospects for our staple
cereal, corn, is the immense number of
implements that are sold daily to our
farmers by dealers in these articl es.
CANADA has at last begun to retail
late. Last week Canadian bank
cashier skipped to Boston with $4,000
which was not his. The only differ
ence between him and the average
American cashier, who skips, is that
the latter manages usually to get
larger sum than pitiful $4,000.
The Topeka Capital says Newton
and Hutchinson are trying to out lie
esch other i'll regard to population,
with Newton a thousand i'll the lead
and several back districts in Hutchin-
son to hear from. \ number of Kan
sas towns have way of manufacture
ing statistics of this kind. EVEN
moral Topeka might find it Il tough
thing to find the forty thousand people
she claims.
WE were assured last Monday morn
ing that Great Bend would have a
Fourth-Of-July celebration. Since
then we have heard of no preparation,
though we hope considerable has been
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celebration if we begin now. But if
the preparation is put Off till the last
we shall have nothing that will amount
to anything, and it would be better for
us to attempt nothing. If we are go
ing to do anything now is the time to
begin, and the way to begin is to call a
citizens meeting, appoint the proper
committees and solicit funds.
The CtrOnOScOpe says that one of the
capitalists of that place is thinking of
buying Great Bend for garden
patch.'' Having tried his hand on the
sterile acres of Larned, he has wisely
come to the conclusion that the place
to garden is on the fertile soil of Bar
ton. Very well; we can supply the
gentleman with few acres of subur-
ban property, whereOn he can raise
garden truck" and after the products
;re ready, right here in Great Bend he
will find a market for everything.
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GREAT Bend can have Fourth-of-
July celebration which will equal any
thing i'll this part of the state. 1t is
true it seems a little late now, but still,
with energy, every needed preparation
can be made. We announced yester-
day that there would be celebration
and we have no doubt those in charge
will make it success. Still, if we
were allowed to make any suggestion,
it would be that Il committee be APP
pointed ut once to procure noted speak
ers from a distance us well as good
home talent. The speakers should be
secured as early as possible in order
that the fact may be advertised.
GREAT BEED has had a most pros
porous season since the opening of
spring, in fact the most prosperous in
her history. The citizens themselves are
the authors of it all. They set to work
early in the season and said that we
must have boom this year. The re-
suit was we have had boom. We
refer to this for the purpose of impress
ing it on the minds of our people that,
after all, whether Great Bend will
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